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Brute Force Attempt

A brute force attack is detected when someone repeatedly attempts (and fails) to log into a service on a server. The login page can block the connecting IP for 15 minutes and stop users from logging in for 5 minutes. It is possible to be blocked for up to 30 minutes, depending on the type of attack.

The only solution is to wait for that time to expire and then retry your login. If your login does not work after waiting 30 minutes, please contact HostGator so we can investigate the issue.

Reseller, VPS, and Dedicated Servers: cPhulkd is the protection service that is designated for accounts that has WHM accessible to customers. This service blocks based on failed logins at the following locations: Mail, FTP, cPanel/WHM, and SSH. When an IP address has attempted over 65 unsuccessful log in attempts within a period of one hour on any of HostGator's servers, that IP address will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours.

For more information on the cPhulkd brute force protection services and how it would apply to issues you may come across, please reference the following:

Exim/FTP Brute Force Blacklist

HostGator is committed to making it easy to transfer your site to your new hosting account. We can transfer website files, databases, scripts, and one free domain registration transfer.

What qualifies me for a free transfer?

HostGator provides free transfers for new accounts within 30 days of sign-up, and to newly upgraded accounts. For upgraded accounts it must be an inter-server upgrade to qualify. Please note that downgraded accounts do not qualify for free transfers.

Depending on which type of account you sign up for, we offer differing numbers of free transfers. Please refer to the chart below to see what we include for new packages.

Full cPanel Transfers is the number of cPanel to cPanel transfers that are included.

Max. Manual Transfers is the maximum number of Manual Transfers that are included with your account.

Total Free Transfers is the total number websites that we will move for you.

Account Type	Total Free Transfers	Full cPanel Transfers	Max. Manual Transfers
?Shared	1	1²	1
?Reseller	30	30²	30
?VPS	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	10 per VPS level
?Dedicated (Basic)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	75
?Dedicated (Standard, Elite, Pro)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	100

¹While we can do unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers for you, depending on your account, you will have a limited number of Manual Transfers.

²Full cPanel transfers include all domains, Addon Domains, Subdomains, and cPanel settings. This will also include your emails and email accounts. Please note that this does require that your old host's cPanel backup generator to be active.

A few examples: An Aluminium Reseller account includes up to 30 free transfers. Out of this 30, you can have 20 cPanel to cPanel transfers and 10 Manual Transfers, or any combination of the two that totals 30 or less websites. Another example: A Pro Dedicated server includes unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers, this means you can have 150 sites (or even more) moved. Also since there is an unlimited total number of transfers, you can utilize up to 100 Manual Transfers.

For more information please see ourTransfers Support Article, contact our transfers department at [email protected], or call 866.96.GATOR